Authorities in Russia's Kurgan region in the Urals on Sunday urged residents to evacuate their homes. Floods are also sweeping Kazakhstan, with more than 102,000 people evacuated.
The major floods are caused by heavy rains associated with rising temperatures, increased snowmelt and the breaking up of winter ice covering rivers and rivers. In total, nearly 40,000 homes have already been flooded, the state agency Tass said, citing the authorities.. More than 20,000 People have been evacuated in Russia, according to data from various regional authorities. In Kazakhstan, the water reached the suburbs of the city of Petropavlosvk, capital of the North Kazakhstan region (220,000 inhabitants), on Saturday, partly deprived of electricity and drinking water. In Russia, in Orenburg, one of the most affected cities in the region of the same name, the waters of the Ural River partially submerged certain roads and flowed into residential areas. In the Tyumen region of western Siberia, residents of two additional villages began to be temporarily relocated due to the flooding of the Ishim River.